Solo Leveling Episode 3 Continues Storyline with Minor Alterations
Jin-Woo wakes up in a hospital and begins a new journey, facing a mandatory Penalty Quest and ending with a cliffhanger fight against a Steel-Fanged Lycan.
- Solo Leveling episode 3, titled 'It’s Like a Game', aired on January 20, 2024, and continued the storyline from the previous episode, with protagonist Sung Jin-Woo waking up in a hospital after surviving the Cartenon Dungeon.
- The episode introduces character Woo Jinchul and covers 2 and a half chapters of the source material, with some minor alterations made by Studio A-1 Pictures for the anime adaptation.
- Differences include changes in character appearances, the location where Jin-Woo is found after the Cartenon Temple events, additional scenes involving nurses and Lee Joohee, and the addition of Goblins to the Instant Dungeon.
- After ignoring the Quest for Player Development, Jin-Woo is taken to another dimension for a mandatory Penalty Quest, where he must survive a giant centipede for about 4 hours.
- The episode ends with Jin-Woo beginning a fight with a Steel-Fanged Lycan in the Instant Dungeon, leaving viewers in suspense for the next episode.